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Race Reports for Ironman Lake Placid

[101]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability:

  • Comments: Ironman Lake Placid is Magical. The scenery, the town, the locals, the volunteers. The course is also very manageable with consistent training. I'm very happy to have IMUSA be my first Ironman and I will be returning next year, and likely many years to come. I do hope they don't increase the field size anymore though.
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[102]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: Great race!
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[103]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: There really is nothing more to say about the entire experience. I think of it as I would any great thing or great event. You simply cannot describe it to people who have never been to, or raced in an IronMan. The entire event is simply amazing. I don't know if it has even sunk in yet that I finished an Iron Man. The entire thing is just so difficult to put into words. The truth is this isn't about one event or one year leading up to an event. This has been a 6 year journey for me. 6 years ago, I was 60 pounds heavier than I am now and I would have never even thought I could do something like this. When I first started training, I couldn't swim 100 yards or run 1.5 miles without stopping. And now here I am... a finisher of the most difficult one-day endurance event in the world. As much as I am trying to remind myself to cherish this, I am thinking about what's next. I don't think another IronMan is in the near future... maybe 3-5 years from now, I'll do another. The hardest
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[104]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability:

  • Comments: There is nothing like the excitement of an Ironman race. They really do try to put on a good show. Comparing this years race to the last two years I volunteered/spectated. It just felt like it was lacking in some areas. They didn't have the signs people could make for the motivational mile, which always seems to be a staple of the one section on River Rd. That and they moved where the Motivational Mile was setup.
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[105]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: "If it was easy everybody would do it" The volunteers were awesome. I don't think I have ever given as many high fives as I did that day.
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[106]
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  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Below average
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  • Comments: Good challenging course. Two loops of everything meant there wouldn't be any surprises and you could form a game plan. "remember where you are and enjoy it" Terry told me..and I feel like I did! I finished with a BIG smile..number one objective. Breaking 13 hours was a bonus for my first IM. I do feel IM cheaped out a bit. Nothing much for a swag bag, ending food was mediocore, and the store was a joke the next morning. Most stuff sold out very early and nothing on the website after the race..Lame.
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[107]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: The race was very welol runand the volunteers rocked. Highly recommend. Fans upport was amazing.
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[108]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: By far the best race I have ever been in.
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[109]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I loved this race. Great first Ironman. A tough but fair course. Practice riding hills. It's not easy. Beautiful, stunning and pristine race course. My family had a great time cheering on everyone. The goodie bag leaves plenty to be desired, especially considering the price tag. Otherwise, I recommend volunteering in the transition area before you do the race, because it's a great way to learn about how the race works and what people do. Awesome race, I loved it.
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[110]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: IMLP is a great race, and although I think the swim is manageable with 3.5K+ participants, the bike course is not. I hope WTC limits the field in future years to no more than we had in 2010 as otherwise the first loop draft fest and real probability of a big multi rider crash on Keene will cast a shadow over what is otherwise a brilliant race.
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[111]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Lake Placid is a great race, great town, great atmosphere. Really by far the nicest race I've done. Be prepared to spend lots of money though.
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  • Comments: Awesome race and an incredible experience. I started racing 5 years ago and struggled to do a very short sprint. It is really hard to believe the same guy just did an IM. It truly is amazing what we can do when we put our minds to it. Train hard, believe in yourself and stay positive! I also am so happy I resisted my usual "do it yourself" mentality and actually opted for a coach. If I had to identify one thing that made the difference that would have to be it. I also was blessed to have a very supportive wife and kids who gave up a lot to let me chase this dream. I hope watching the process from beginning to end taught my boys something that they will always remember....
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[113]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: IMLP is a great race. The volunteers are the very best that I've ever been around. The course is beautiful. The spectators cheer themselves hoarse. And I love love love the Adirondacks. That said, I won't do this race again for a long time. There are so many other IM courses out there that I'd love to do, especially the local, non Ironman branded ones that I can't see myself doing this again. Being my first IM, the big show/spectacle was pretty cool. But I don't need it to enjoy my race. Fini.
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[114]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I AM AN IRONMAN!
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  • Comments: I have re-written this race report in my head, and then on my laptop, so many times. Something inside of me is compelled to try to capture the personal significance of the event, but I’ve quickly realized that task is impossible for most ironman finishers. So many of us recognize the race as a stopping point on a journey that is much bigger than 140.6 miles, and I’ve come to realize that my ironman journey was very unique – just like everyone else’s. Capturing the significance of the event, then, would require a full autobiography that can’t be written yet… it’s incomplete and I’m not emotionally prepared, yet, to go there. I even tried to write it like a series of fragmented snapshots. While all the connections weren’t explicit, I had hoped that together – as a collage – they’d let you enter into my journey and understand something of how crossing that line was meaningful and transformational
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[116]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: There were 3500 volunteers for 2600 athletes. That is why you pay the money. They were amazing!!! Thank you!!! Incredible event, incredible support, incredible scenery. I just loved every minute of it. If you get the chance, ride the course in training- that saved my race. I went out like a rockstar on my first loop of a training ride and realized that this course just shows no mercy to 1 loop wonders- both biking and running. Pacing is key for an IM, and even more important for this challenging course. Oh, and I love Lake Placid!!!
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[117]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I see what all the hype for Ironman races is about. This was a tremendous experience that I will never forget. The level of energy around this race, from fellow racers, the volunteers and the spectators is amazing. The volunteers really make this race something special with the effort that they put in to treat even the most average age grouper as someone special. The cheering from the spectators really pulls out the highest performance from the racers. I still can't believe that I finished an Ironman and how great an experience it really was.
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[118]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Lake Placid is a special place for me. We do vacation weekends there as often as possible and there is no better place for cycling in my opinion. I think the race is outstanding, but I don't think it has the same spirit of fun and energy that IMWI does. We'll see how I feel the second time around in WI, perhaps it was first-time IM excitement and not the venue. I'll reserve my pick for the best until after September 12 :) Overall I was thrilled. If this race were a month or two later I'd likely do it yearly, but I just don't have the discipline to train for an IM in February!
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[119]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: What can I say it's an Ironman! But the swim isn't really a competitive swim anymore for anyone but the fasties out front. Think they need to do something about that - even if they set men and women off separately maybe?
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[120]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Small complaints...post race feast wasnt the best, but I wasnt too sure how much I could have eaten anyways. There were just too many darn people on this course, period. The swim was fun, but really rough, and the bike was just too congested to be safe (there were multiple crashes, I know). WTC really needs to limit the amount of people in this race. BUT....overall...AMAZING day!! Amazing volunteers, amazing crowd support, amazing amazing! My first Ironman...i will NEVER forget this day!!!
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[121]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
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  • Comments: I said this would be my last IM for a while and it probably still will be as they just take too much time away from the family to train properly. That said, during the car ride back to the house I told my wife that I think I could do a 10:XX next time! It really is addictive! Did not sign up for next year. Maybe 2012 or 13. We shall see. I do love this area and the family and I stayed up here for 5 days after the race enjoying all that it has to offer. Whiteface on Monday, Ausable Chasm on Tuesday, swimming on Wednesday, and just hanging out in town on Thursday. We would sit on the back deck and have an outdoor fire everynight making smores! I owed them this kind of family time for all the support they gave me during the past 12 months. I owe them much more than that of course! One last huge thank you to all the volunteers out there and the community of Lake Placid for letting us race in your beautiful part of the country!
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[122]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Of the Ironman races I've done, this one ranks up as one of the top. It's a tougher course, but it was well put on. If the roads down to Keene and up the gorge were a little nicer, I'd rank this as the top ( well, after Kona of course ). A ton of BTers and other friends were also racing, so it was great to see them all: Andy, Jay, and Jeff from "The Show" ( Andy KQ'ed! ) Chris and D'Arcy from Team Ethos ( D'Arcy KQ'ed! ) Marvarnett, PennState, Tasr, Papson14, Yeats, Jazznumbers, WittyCityGirl, SwishySkirt, LazyMarathoner (and Mark), and all of the other BTers whom I met but whose names have slipped from my faulty memory. Seeing so many people out there that I knew was a huge boost all day long. Congrats to all the KQs and to every racer out there on race day, and most especially to all the BTers who came up to volunteer and cheer everyone on! And of course, the most thanks goes to Laura, for supporting and encouraging me all along the way and being a constant presence on
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[123]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Awesome
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[124]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: IMLP is amazing. Even though my hometown is so close I had never been home to see it. The scenery is amazing and the crowds are awesome. More than anything the volunteers are just wonderful. I tried to thank as many as I could and I hope they know how much they helped. I know some of them wil find out when they come back to do IMLP 2011. I hope to volunteer and give back some of that energy. I won't be racing due to military obligations, but I hope to again in the future.
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[125]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Love IMLP. Can't wait to do it again.
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